Council inspector came by today and we have finally pass the last of the building inspections . The occupancy certificate will be issued and we can start doing stuff with the house and gardens.

Bakes,

Why is it that all the last frontier, end of the road, rural areas of the world are full of pettifoggers that wrap everything in miles of sticky red tape?

L/D

Actually LD the council has been very good. It was my builder who stuffed me around. The council inspector was very sympathetic to my problems. But now with that ittle bit of paper the bank will now release funds back to us to pay us back for the money we spent to finish off the house. All of it will go to fencing and landscaping however

Thanks for the reminder Bakes. Must give my plumber a final "serve" as he still hasn't signed off on my gas fittings and as you know without that I can't get the council to sign off. Only 20mths late. Council inspector is fine.

Its a bloody hassle isn't it mate. Our plumber was fantastic in fact all the sub contractors were great. Most of them have joined forces to take the builder to court to get their money.